Graduate Programs

FILM PROGRAMS
CRITICAL STUDIES PROGRAMS
DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMS
MEDIA ARTS, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND CRITICAL GAME STUDIES PHD PROGRAMS

This list is not meant to be a complete picture of the graduate programs in Film and Media Studies but serves as a starting point for your own research. Faculty and tuition costs may change year to year, so please make sure to inform yourself in advance. In addition, please contact your FMST advisor.

FILM PROGRAMS

• UT Austin - MFA in Film & Media Production (Director-Oriented) and MFA in Screenwriting

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• CalArts School of Film/Video - MFAs in Film and Video, Film Directing, Character Animation, and Experimental Animation

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• UCLA - MFA in Film & Television

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• School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Film, Video, New Media, and Animation Graduate Program

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• Columbia University - MFAs in Screenwriting & Directing, Creative Producing, and Writing for Film & Television

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• Emerson College - MFA in Film and Media Art

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• Florida State U College of Motion Picture Arts - MFAs in Production and Screenwriting

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• U Of Iowa - MFA in Film and Video Production, and MA and PhD in Film Studies

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• Long Island University School of Film & Digital Media - MFA in Writing and Producing for Television

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• NYU Graduate Film Program

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• Ohio State University - Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization (GIS) in Film Studies

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• Pratt University - MFA in Digital Arts and Animation (3-D Animation and Motion Arts Concentration or Interactive Arts Concentration), MA in Media Studies 

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• University of Southern California - MA and PhD in Cinema & Media Studies and MFA in Film & Television Production

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• Stony Brook Manhattan - MFA in Film and Television Writing

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CRITICAL STUDIES PROGRAMS

• UT Austin - MA and PhD in Media Studies
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• Brown - MFA in Modern Culture and Media
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• UC Berkeley - PhD in Film & Media
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• UC Irvine - PhD in Film and Media Studies
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• UCLA - PhD in Cinema & Media Studies
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• UC Santa Barbara - PhD in Film and Media Studies
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• U Chicago - PhD in Cinema and Media Studies
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• King’s College London - MA in Film Studies (Film and Philosophy pathways available)
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• NYU Steinhardt - MA and PhD in Media, Culture, and Communication
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• Northwestern - PhD in Screen Cultures
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• UPenn Annenberg - PhD in Communication
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• University of Southern California - MA in Cinema and Media Studies
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• University of Southern California - Certificate in Digital Media and Culture and PhD in Media Arts + Practice
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• University of Toronto - MA and PhD in Cinema Studies
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• University of Wisconsin-Madison - PhDs in Communication Science, Film, and Media and Cultural Studies
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• Yale Media Studies - PhD in Film and Media Studies
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DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMS

• UC Santa Cruz - MFA in Social Documentation, Film, and Digital Media

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• City College of New York - MFA in Film with Documentary and Fiction Tracks

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• Hunter College - MFA in Integrated Media Arts

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• Northwestern University - MFA in Documentary Media

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• School of Visual Arts - MFA in Social Documentary Film 
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• Stanford University - MFA in Documentary Film and Video

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MEDIA ARTS, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND CRITICAL GAME STUDIES PHD PROGRAMS

• American University - PhD in Communication
  In conjunction with the American University Game Center
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• Arizona State University - PhD in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology
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• Arizona State University - PhD in Learning, Literacies, and Technology
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• Berkeley Center for New Media - Designated Emphasis in New Media PhD Program (UC Berkeley - PhD in any field with Designated Emphasis in New Media)
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• Brown University - PhD in Modern Culture and Media
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• UC Irvine - PhD in Informatics
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• UCLA - PhD in Cinema and Media Studies
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• UC Santa Cruz - PhD in Computational Media
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• Carleton University - PhD in Cultural Mediations
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• University of Central Florida - PhD in Texts and Technologies
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• Georgia Tech - PhD in Digital Media
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• Indiana University - PhD in Media Arts and Sciences
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• University of Michigan - PhD in American Culture
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• New York University - PhD in Media, Culture, and Communication (Take courses in: NYU Game Center and Integrated Design & Media)
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• NC State University - PhD in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media
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• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - PhD in Critical Game Design
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• Rutgers University - PhD in Communication, Information, and Media 
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• Simon Fraser University - PhD in Communication (Game studies faculty: Milena Droumeva, Dal Yong Jin)
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• Simon Fraser University - PhD in Interactive Arts & Technology
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• Stanford University - PhDs in Art and Art History (specialization in Film & Media
  Studies), Communication, Modern Thought & Literature, and Theater & Performance Studies
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• University of Southern California - PhD in Cinema and Media Studies (Take courses in: Interactive Media and Games Division)
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• University of Southern California - PhD in Media Arts + Practice (Take courses in: Interactive Media and Games Division)
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• Temple University - PhD in Media and Communication
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• University of Texas at Dallas - PhD in Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication
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• University of Waterloo - PhD in English Language and Literature (In conjunction with the Games Institute, view Games Institute faculty here)
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• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - PhD in Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies
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